Mixed messages for North East of England

QCS Board comes out against bus franchising proposals for Tyne & Wear.. but George Osborne offers region bus powers in new devolution deal
  
The North East of England has received mixed messages about the future of its local bus services in the past fortnight.
This week the Quality Contract Scheme Board announced its verdict on plans to introduce bus franchising in Tyne & Wear from Nexus, the transport executive for the North East Combined Authority. The three-man Board (pictu